On 04/05/2013 06:01 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
On 04/04/13 16:51, Julian Calaby wrote:
Hi Wang,
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Current we can only enable lib80211 by enable a driver
in tree use it which will select it, but some out tree's
drivers also use it, so I think it has sense to make lib80211
can be enabled independently.
Just as a bit of explanation for Johannes' NACK:
1. The only reason lib80211 still exists is because a couple of
in-tree drivers still use it. If this weren't the case, the code would
have been removed a long time ago as it's been completely replaced by
mac80211 and cfg80211. All modern drivers _must_ use mac80211 or
cfg80211 without exception.
2. In general, there is no official in-kernel support for
out-of-kernel drivers, regardless of quality, status or importance.
3. I believe that the in-tree brcmsmac driver already supports the
Broadcom card you reference.
3b. If 3. is not correct, someone should endeavor to merge this
out-of-tree driver into the kernel tree.
Actually, it is correct and brcmsmac and the out-of-tree wl driver are
coming from the same code base although you should not compare the two
these days.
Gr. AvS
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